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Darth_Shpydar Registered: Oct '06	Date Posted: 10/5/07 8:35am Subject: Last of the Jedi series -- to read or not to read?
	Let me start off saying that the search function on this board is infuriating ... i know there's been a recent LotJ thread so i went looking for that rather than starting a new one, but everytime i try to use the search function, it just reloads the search page and does nothing! Anyhoo ... A little while back i had picked up the first two books in this series, primarily for the Obi-Wan-ness. I finally got around to reading them this week (just about finished with #2), and have enjoyed them a good deal. It was the "Legacy/Secrets of the Jedi" volume that encouraged me to check them out as i found Watson's writing, while obviously for a younger reader market, was actually pretty decent for storytelling purposes. So, to finally get to the point -- unless i'm mistaken, LotJ #2 marks the end of Obi-Wan's appearances in the series. Now i'm debating whether to go ahead and pick up the rest of the series anyway. The era (Dark Times) is one that i'm decently interested in, and that encourages me somewhat. But how are the stories themselves? Good? Mediocre? Bad? As i've said, the young-reader writing style isn't a bother to me, and i can deal with the "Ferus was the greatest Padawan EVAR!!!1!! Well except Anakin, but Ferus knew better than everyone that Anakin would go dark all along!" stuff (which i do find irritating, but only slightly). I'm really more curious about the actual stories themselves, whether they're worth reading. Opinions? -----signature----- "You will try." "From my point of view, the Jedi are evil!" "It was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Either you buy it or you don't!" -- Eric Forman
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dianethx Registered: Mar '02	Date Posted: 10/5/07 8:47am Subject: RE: Last of the Jedi series -- to read or not to read?
	If you liked the first couple of them, I'd read the rest. I think Watson is pretty comfortable with Ferus as an OC and she'd doing a decent job of looking at a former Padawan who has had to deal with real life and all that has happened. Right now, in #8, Obi-Wan shows up at the end of the book and Ferus is dealing with darkside issues. I think it's still a spoiler so I highlighted it in black. In addition, she's looking at the problems of setting up a rebellion and the Jedi trying to stay alive. I have them all. -----signature----- Betrayal - http://boards.theforce.net/s/b1/10935143 updated 9/22/09 jedidas3's Master Merlin - Diplomatic Immunity - http://boards.theforce.net/nswff/b10808/30459852
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Grey1 Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 10/5/07 9:13am Subject: RE: Last of the Jedi series -- to read or not to read?
	You might actually have an advantage reading them all back to back, as the series generates a rather large cast of secondary characters, mostly resistance fighters. Picking the story up after 6 months is a bit hard, but I'd say that it is by far more cohesive than JA or JQ as far as the story goes. And Watson is still keeping her own little universe of Jedi and other characters together, which is great. I mean, JA had lots of adventures, JQ showed how places and people from these adventures were affected by the growing darkness in the galaxy, and now we find out how everyone actually keeps up in the darkness. -----signature----- Jacen had learned that one can meet the Universe [...] with fear, or with hatred, or with despair. Or one can choose to meet it with love. Jacen had chosen. But still, he was astonished to discover that the Universe could love him back.
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Darth_Shpydar Registered: Oct '06	Date Posted: 10/5/07 12:58pm Subject: RE: Last of the Jedi series -- to read or not to read?
	Thanks! I'll probably end up picking them up -- especially since, as a general rule, whenever i start to consider whether i should pick up a certain SW novel or series i hadn't intended on buying before, i inevitably get it. Ahh, SW lit addiction ... I did note just in reading 1 & 2 that i would probably have been annoyed if i had to wait between the two, as #2 picks up (almost to the sentence) immediately where #1 ends. BTW, i was aware of ... the spoiler posted above, but knew that if i was going to pick up a much later book in the series, i'd be annoyed at myself for not picking up the ones inbetween. -----signature----- "You will try." "From my point of view, the Jedi are evil!" "It was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Either you buy it or you don't!" -- Eric Forman
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Obilieveinme Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 10/7/07 6:33am Subject: RE: Last of the Jedi series -- to read or not to read?
	I am reading Death on Naboo right now. I like the stories even though they are simple. They get right to the story. Do these stories exist in the actual Star Wars realm or is it Non-Canon. I mean they talk about things in upcoming novels and I wonder if they are stories happening in the same reality. -----signature----- George W. Bush is the Ganner Rhysode of our time.
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eddie1969 Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 10/7/07 9:10am Subject: RE: Last of the Jedi series -- to read or not to read?
	They're canon all the way (even though they are juvenile)... -----signature----- EUDF Rogue 5, Captain check upcoming books and comics at http://www.starwarstimeline.com and through http://www.twitter.com/onceuponagalaxy
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Obilieveinme Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 10/7/07 9:33am Subject: RE: Last of the Jedi series -- to read or not to read?
	It does have the first Gay character which is an interesting venue. I guess he is...has that been confirmed. Not that there is anything wrong with it. -----signature----- George W. Bush is the Ganner Rhysode of our time.
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TalonCard Title: •Author: Slave Pits of Lorrd •TFN EU Staff Registered: Jan '01	Date Posted: 10/7/07 1:36pm Subject: RE: Last of the Jedi series -- to read or not to read?
	Not confirmed. Actually, I think that his possible gay-ness is something as completely unintentional as it is obvious. Sort of like the Ryan/Chad subtext in High School Musical 2. TC -----signature----- Death in the Slave Pits: http://www.starwars.com/hyperspace/fiction/feature20090531/index.html GODV Guide: www.myuselessknowledge.com/swfa/main.html Hyperspace Blog: http://blogs.starwars.com/taloncard
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Obilieveinme Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 10/7/07 1:54pm Subject: RE: Last of the Jedi series -- to read or not to read?
	or Bert and Ernie -----signature----- George W. Bush is the Ganner Rhysode of our time.
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TalonCard Title: •Author: Slave Pits of Lorrd •TFN EU Staff Registered: Jan '01	Date Posted: 10/7/07 5:08pm Subject: RE: Last of the Jedi series -- to read or not to read?
	Nah, Bert and Ernie are just roomies. TC -----signature----- Death in the Slave Pits: http://www.starwars.com/hyperspace/fiction/feature20090531/index.html GODV Guide: www.myuselessknowledge.com/swfa/main.html Hyperspace Blog: http://blogs.starwars.com/taloncard
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Charlemagne19 Registered: Jul '00	Date Posted: 10/7/07 5:18pm Subject: RE: Last of the Jedi series -- to read or not to read?
	TalonCard posted: Nah, Bert and Ernie are just roomies. TC Who take baths together.
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TalonCard Title: •Author: Slave Pits of Lorrd •TFN EU Staff Registered: Jan '01	Date Posted: 10/7/07 8:12pm Subject: RE: Last of the Jedi series -- to read or not to read?
	I don't remember that. TC -----signature----- Death in the Slave Pits: http://www.starwars.com/hyperspace/fiction/feature20090531/index.html GODV Guide: www.myuselessknowledge.com/swfa/main.html Hyperspace Blog: http://blogs.starwars.com/taloncard
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Senator_Cilghal Registered: Jul '03	Date Posted: 10/7/07 11:22pm Subject: RE: Last of the Jedi series -- to read or not to read?
	people can love friends of the same gender without it being anything romantic or erotic. there is no indication of homosexuality unless you want to read that into it. -----signature----- Include Me in the C & C Mon Cal Jedi Master Compassionate Healer/Amphibious Banshee Author of an "Abeltastic" article that won a MOO award Life-term Fleet Junkie with a Silver FindersFee Waru-class Award
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dianethx Registered: Mar '02	Date Posted: 10/8/07 8:48am Subject: RE: Last of the Jedi series -- to read or not to read?
	I haven't seen any indication of homosexuality in the LotJ books. Are you talking about Ferus and Roan? They're just close friends, almost brothers who have been through a lot together. -----signature----- Betrayal - http://boards.theforce.net/s/b1/10935143 updated 9/22/09 jedidas3's Master Merlin - Diplomatic Immunity - http://boards.theforce.net/nswff/b10808/30459852
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Charlemagne19 Registered: Jul '00	Date Posted: 10/8/07 9:45am Subject: RE: Last of the Jedi series -- to read or not to read?
	Didn't Ferus have a girlfriend too?
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Wrinty Registered: Apr '07	Date Posted: 10/8/07 10:15am Subject: RE: Last of the Jedi series -- to read or not to read?
	Charlemagne19 posted: Didn't Ferus have a girlfriend too? No.
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